Darkening, damage and oxidative protection are stimulated in tissues closer to the yam cut, attenuated or not by the environment.
J Sci Food Agric
; 99(1): 334-342, 2019 Jan 15.
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BACKGROUND: This study investigated how the activities of the enzymes and metabolites of oxidative metabolism are affected in different regions of cut tissue, associating these changes with the evolution of browning in fresh-cut yam. Samples were collected from yam at 0-5 and 5-10 mm from the cut site. Fresh-cut yams were stored at 5 or 26 °C for days or hours respectively, simulating commercialization, with or without packaging. RESULTS: The results demonstrated that the injury to the yam was a physical inducer of changes in the levels of lipid peroxidation and phenolic compounds and in the activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase, ascorbate peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase and peroxidase. These responses were significant in the tissue closest to the wound but also observed, although less intense, in the more distant tissue. The combined effects of wounding and dehydration during storage intensified the above responses. Conversely, refrigeration attenuated the transmission of the wounding response through the adjacent tissue. CONCLUSION: The results of this work provide the first evidence in cut yam roots that the membrane degradation products, enzymes involved in oxidative protection and enzymes that modulate the oxidation of phenolic compounds are intertwined mechanisms that cause tissue darkening. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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